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There’s a Bill in Congress to make voting harder for everyone

Under current US law, it is illegal for non-citizens to register and vote in federal or state elections. Additionally, we have robust processes already in place to ensure that only eligible voters are casting ballots. However, Congress is about to vote on a bill that requires all eligible ...

Ask a Trooper

Question: I heard some talk about a new law of July 1st that allows motorcycles to drive through traffic. Can you explain this as a lot of my friends are talking but I can’t get the same answer from any of them. Answer: Motorcycle lane splitting and filtering are legal on Minnesota roads as ...

In praise of radishes

Of all the root crops known to humankind — and I’m including rutabagas and cattail rhizomes here — my favorite is the humble radish. Radishes are a good source of vitamin C, minerals, and bad breath. But their benefits don’t end there. They don’t even begin there. Radishes also ...

Never lose the child within you

In the middle of a quick conversation with a friend, a bit of wisdom came out. We were chatting and laughing while at a library cookie fundraising event. As he walked away, he turned, smiled, raised his cookies and stated: “We should never lose the child within us.” It was such an ...

Becoming more common

A good deal of what we see and ultimately come to love about the outdoors happens in those places with which we are most familiar. We pick up on the call of birds in the trees around a favorite flow or note the rise of certain fish on a calm summer morning at the lakes we visit to angle during ...